But you're not, and I don't think this was really addressed. Did people invite the McDonald's corporation into their countries? No. Burgers are nice, and food tends to spread with regional variations, but to ignore the fact that America is the global hegemon is a bit silly.
No, I commented that it’s both. Food has to be good and there has to be a force pushing it (capitalism). This was in response to someone saying Filipino food isn’t good, proven by the fact that it’s not popular, which is a framing I disagree with.
Like, don’t forget the overall point of the thread (not the entire post), which was British people getting salty when Amerikans say their food is bad. That’s the context - why British food, despite Britain being as much of a cultural juggernaut as America for a lot longer, hasn’t achieved the level of penetration that American food did. Both capitalist, imperialist, colonialist. Only one who’s food is everywhere. Why? Because the food is actually good.
American food may be nicer than what you consider to be British food - though at this point, I'm not entirely sure what you think either of those are, exactly - but overall, taste is irrelevant; people will buy what they are sold, and if they are sold nothing but inoffensive yankee slop, they will eat nothing but inoffensive yankee slop. That's how this works - you use hegemonic power to eliminate competition in other markets. I still think you're overestimating the quality of American food.
Yeah, I’m not gonna argue further. If you think the only reason burgers are popular is because America threatens the world to eat them at gunpoint, then sure.
That just goes to show how disgusting British food is because despite having a global empire where the sun never sets, even the most brainwashed mentally colonized colonial subject didn't want to eat that shit. There's a reason why baguettes are a part of Vietnamese cuisine. There's a reason why food of Turkish origins still exist in the Balkans to the point where there isn't a whole lot separating Turkish cuisine from Balkan cuisine.
Yet absolutely no former British colony has jellied eels as part of their national cuisine, not even the Anglo settler colonies like the US or Australia. I wonder why that is.
hmm, I wonder why that is? Imperialism? What's that?
If I was the Hexbear Admin, I would make it compulsory to read all comments in at least the thread before commenting something already addressed.
https://hexbear.net/post/271950/comment/3521529
But you're not, and I don't think this was really addressed. Did people invite the McDonald's corporation into their countries? No. Burgers are nice, and food tends to spread with regional variations, but to ignore the fact that America is the global hegemon is a bit silly.
No, I commented that it’s both. Food has to be good and there has to be a force pushing it (capitalism). This was in response to someone saying Filipino food isn’t good, proven by the fact that it’s not popular, which is a framing I disagree with.
Like, don’t forget the overall point of the thread (not the entire post), which was British people getting salty when Amerikans say their food is bad. That’s the context - why British food, despite Britain being as much of a cultural juggernaut as America for a lot longer, hasn’t achieved the level of penetration that American food did. Both capitalist, imperialist, colonialist. Only one who’s food is everywhere. Why? Because the food is actually good.
American food may be nicer than what you consider to be British food - though at this point, I'm not entirely sure what you think either of those are, exactly - but overall, taste is irrelevant; people will buy what they are sold, and if they are sold nothing but inoffensive yankee slop, they will eat nothing but inoffensive yankee slop. That's how this works - you use hegemonic power to eliminate competition in other markets. I still think you're overestimating the quality of American food.
Yeah, I’m not gonna argue further. If you think the only reason burgers are popular is because America threatens the world to eat them at gunpoint, then sure.
Still not eating gellied eels, bruv.
That's not what I said, but okay. Enjoy your high-fructose corn syrup!
That just goes to show how disgusting British food is because despite having a global empire where the sun never sets, even the most brainwashed mentally colonized colonial subject didn't want to eat that shit. There's a reason why baguettes are a part of Vietnamese cuisine. There's a reason why food of Turkish origins still exist in the Balkans to the point where there isn't a whole lot separating Turkish cuisine from Balkan cuisine.
Yet absolutely no former British colony has jellied eels as part of their national cuisine, not even the Anglo settler colonies like the US or Australia. I wonder why that is.